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Yevgeny Kafelnikov #6 def. Petr Korda #27

7-6(2) 6-7(5) 7-6(7)

Match Information

Date	Jun 15, 1997*
Tournament	Halle
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Grass
Round	F
Winner	Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Score	7-6(2) 6-7(5) 7-6(7)
Loser	Petr Korda
Duration	2h 22m

Stat	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Petr Korda
Aces	7	28
Double faults	6	12
First serve %	63	51
First serve points won %	82	81
Second serve points won %	58	53
Break points saved %	50	89
Break points converted %	11	50
Service points won %	73	67
Return points won %	33	27
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Petr Korda
Country	RUS	CZE
Birth date	Feb 18, 1974	Jan 23, 1968
Age	23	29
Height	190	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	6	27
Ranking points (entering)	2,279	1,252
Elo (entering)	1,928	1,834
Career W-L	568–281	378–238
Career earnings	$23,883,797	$10,448,900

Pre-match H2H

Yevgeny Kafelnikov 3 – 2 Petr Korda

Path

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 14, 1997	SF	Boris Becker	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 14, 1997	QF	Michael Stich	7-6(5) 6-7(4) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 13, 1997	R16	Nicolas Kiefer	7-6(3) 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 12, 1997	R32	Sjeng Schalken	6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Petr Korda's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 14, 1997	SF	Paul Haarhuis	7-6(5) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 14, 1997	QF	Thomas Muster	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 13, 1997	R16	Nicolas Escude	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 12, 1997	R32	Tomas Carbonell	7-5 2-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data